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Attraction of fry of Arctic char [Salvelinus alpinus (L.)] to water conditioned by conspecifics of the same age was studied in a Y-maze fluviarium. Two types of experiments were run. In “up-swimming tests” (1), starting from the common leg of the Y-maze, a single fish was given the choice of entering one of the two upstream arms. In “gradient tests” (2), the momentary positions of a single char were time-lapse photographed in a test yard of this common shank. Strong attraction to conditioned water was observed in both types of tests.
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Olsén, K.H. Chemoattraction between fry of Arctic char [Salvelinus alpinus (L.)] studied in a Y-maze fluviarium. J Chem Ecol 11, 1009–1017 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020671
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